Guide to the Papers of Ian Campbell, 1958-2021

Summary

Collection number:

MS 9916, MS Acc06.109, MS Acc06.175, MS Acc07.180.MS Acc08.150, MS Acc09.041, MS Acc10.097.MS Acc10.122, MS Acc22.004

Creator:

Campbell, Ian

Extent:

2.52 metres and (14 ms boxes + 1 ms carton + 2 folders + 2 packets)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ian Campbell, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Part available for research; part requires permission for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

MS 9916 comprises correspondence, emails, drafts, notes, articles, press extracts, newspapers, magazines, and books relating to Campbell's interest in Indonesian poetry and the writing and publication of his own Indonesian language poems; brochures and other ephemera relating to cultural events. Correspondence, emails and books relating to Erich Maria Remarque and his English translator Arthur Wheen (the subject of an article by Campbell in NLA news). Copy of Campbell's Honours social work thesis, 'Educational and vocational aspirations of Australians and Southern European adolescents...', 1971, and, Journal of a visit to Tenterfield in 1980 in the steps of his grandfather, ornithologist Archibald James Campbell, and other papers relating to A.J. Campbell. Papers relating to Campbell's research for his University of Sydney Master of Arts thesis on family and inheritance law in West Java (4 boxes).The MS Acc06.109 instalment includes correspondence in Indonesian and English on Indonesian poetry and Campbell's own poetry writing, with Indonesian poets and Australian academics, ca. 1990-2005; ephemera relating to cultural and literary events in Sydney, 1990-2005; handwritten diary, 2000; copies of The Phoenix, school magazine for Normanhurst Boys High School, 1961-1966; and, personal documents such as passports and student cards (1 carton).The MS Acc06.175 instalment includes, in Box 1: University of Sydney, Masters thesis, "National literature, regional manifestations: contemporary Indonesian language poetry from West Java", Ian Campbell, June 1996; University of Sydney, Masters thesis, "Family law and inheritance law in West Java", March 1988; correspondence, 2000-2006; in Box 2: correspondence, 2003-2006; Indonesian publications and pamphlets, 1981-1998; Christmas cards, postcards (blank); in Box 3: postcards (blank), invitations and postcards; envelope marked "Indonesia 1984"; and, three video cassette tapes, 1995-1997 (3 boxes).The MS Acc07.180 instalment comprises papers relating to Campbell's interest in Indonesian literature, including drafts of poems in Indonesian; printed versions of emails concerning Campbell's involvement as English language editor of Utan Kaya international literary biennial anthology, and various other printed emails and publications (1 folder).The MS Acc08.150 instalment includes Campbell's summaries, in English, of Indonesian mass media and Internet news in 2001 related to people-smuggling, SIEV X, Tampa issues and others; material concerning Indonesian mass media coverage of the Bali bombings; Campbell's Master of Philosophy degree and academic transcript from the University of Sydney; correspondence and ephemera relating to the publication in May 2008 of Campbell's book on contemporary Indonesian poetry; early drafts of Indonesian language poems written in 2007; publication processes for collection of 25 poems "Selatan-Sur-South; and, uncaptioned, unidentified photographs (2 boxes).The MS Acc09.041 instalment comprises "South-Sur-Selatan", an anthology of poems written in English on the theme South-Sur-Selatan (1 packet).The MS Acc10.097 instalment includes correspondence and ephemera relating to Indonesia, Indonesian culture and Indonesia-Australia relations. Also included are organisational correspondence for the Gang Festival 05-06, invitations, programs and newspaper cuttings (1 folder).The Acc10.122 instalment comprises notes, typescripts, photocopies and ephemera relating to Vietnam and Vietnamese poetry. Included are original poems by Ian Campell, and translations of poems by Campbell and others, together with an essay by Campell on Vietnam (1 packet).The MS Acc22.004 instalment comprises papers relating to Ian Campbell's poetry publications in Indonesian and/or English in Indonesian and Australian journals and newspapers. It includes correspondence between Campbell and editors, poets and academics; unpublished and drafts of poems by Campbell; conference papers and essays; travel notes and diaries; publications, some signed, by various Indonesian writers and poets; plus colour photographs, newspaper clippings and associated printed materials.

Collection Retrieval Advice:

Please note: each class in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Society and culture
Literature

Conditions Governing Access:

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3356654).

Conditions Governing Use:

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3356654).

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ian Campbell, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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